K. Palágyi Sylvia szerk.: Balácai Közlemények 2002/7. (Veszprém, 2007)

RITOÓK ÁGNES: Középkori leletegyüttes a balácai római kori villa III. épületének területén

MEDIEVAL FEATURES IN THE AREA OF THE BUILDING NO III OF THE ROMAN VILLA OF BALÁCA From the 11

th century onwards a village ('Fajsz') settled in and above the ruines of the roman villa. The earliest part of this settlement can be located in the 'main building' of the villa. In the second part of the 13

th century the villagers occupied the knoll of the former building No III of the roman villa. By this time the roman walls must have disappeared, since they were neglected by the medieval structures. Two remains of this medieval expansion were excavated in the NW part of the building No III: an oven and a pit under it. (Figs. 1/1,2/1) The oven had drystone walls. Its bottom was plastered with clay, in which sherds of cooking pots were laid. (Plates 1/1-3, II/1-5, III/l). Judgeing from the technical details, the shapes of the rims and the decoration this pottery can be dated from the second half of the 13

th up to the 14

th century. The NW part of the oven was demolished. The earliest period of this destruction can be dated by the typical pottery of the 15

th century. (Plates III/2-4, IV/4-6) These 15

th century sherds were unearthed in and around the destroyed oven together with the fragmentary pieces of plastering. The original function of the pit under the oven can not be determined. Its filling contained a spinning wheel and noumerous sherds. (Plates V/l-7, VI/1-2, VII/1-7) There were no technical or formal differences between the vessels of this filling and those of the oven-plastering. Consequently not long before the oven was built, the pit had been filled up with household debris dated to the second half of the 13

th and the 14

lh century. Agnes Ritoók Hungarian Nationalmuseum H-1370 Budapest Pf 364